After the "freeze yourself in Carbonite" collectible, now the Disney Parks Blog reports you can also be a Stormtrooper! It's coming May 17 to Disney's Hollywood Studios as part of Star Wars Weekends.  It's $99.95 and takes a few weeks to deliver, but that's a lot faster than never getting to be a Stormtrooper that sits around on your desk.   And would you believe a similar, cheaper product exists for Star Trek too now?

Gentle Giant has released their latest solicitations featuring new and exciting product slated for release in Q2 2013, including the phenomenal "realistic" Spider Maul Statue and the animated style Dewback and Sandtrooper.

He's armed to the hilt and ready to do some serious hurt on some unsuspecting bounty, at least according to Sideshow's Mythos expression. Standing about 19 inches tall (26 inches with the long blaster rifle), the upcoming Mythos Boba Fett strikes a compelling pose and ready for you to pre-order as a Sideshow exclusive.

It's probably the most compelling Mythos statue we've seen so far just for the fact that it provides a glimpse of Obi-Wan Kenobi evolving from McGregor to Guinness and that large backpack holds so many caveats of interest, like his Clone Wars armor and Anakin's lightsaber.

There's lots to see at Sideshow's Comic-Con booth, particularly if you're a fan of Boba Fett and Darth Malgus. The Mythos collection is stunning in person, and speaking of stunning in person, Premium Format Shaak-Ti is sexy and she knows it.

While minibusts and statues remain the core of Gentle Giant's offerings, their Jumbo Kenner Vintage Figure assortment grows in popularity as well as selection and a new entry in their statue collection based on a certain tattooed Sith Lord's appearance in the Clone Wars series is the star of the show. 

The new collection of Japanese Bishoujo ("beautiful young girl") style Star Wars statues  from Kotobukiya make their debut with Jaina Solo.

Sideshow offers a pre-production glimpse at the upcoming Mythos Boba Fett Statue in their Design and Development Section as more will be revealed in the exciting runup to Comic-Con 2012!

Sideshow offers us short glimpses of the upcoming Mythos Boba Fett statue in production. 

From Gentle Giant: Get a jump start on the Memorial Weekend Festivities. Furniture stores and car dealerships aren't the only places offering spectacular deals this holiday weekend! We're proud to open our archives once again and make limited quantities of the following pieces available:

The Sideshow Exclusive Mythos Darth Maul polystone statue is now up for pre-order with an anticipated October ship date. The statue measures 18 inches in height and retails for $249.99. 

The new domestic exclusive Mythos Darth Maul Statue will be available for pre-order at a pricepoint of $249.99 this Thursday, May 3rd between 2-3 pm PT.  Sideshow has posted a gallery photos on their Production Blog highlighting the awesomeness of this piece launching their exciting new assortment of Mythos statues.

Sideshow has added another assortment to the Star Wars statue lineup. Mythos will be populated by characters from new and existing story lines. "We will bring history, unique details and personal choices to each in order to elaborate on who they are. Through the design and sculpt process our goal is to delve deeper into these established characters and offer our own interpretations of what they have done outside of the Star Wars canon".

Gentle Giant is having a major Spring Sales event beginning Monday, April 23rd at 11 am PT through Monday, April 30th at 5 pm. There are lots of tremendous deals on select minibusts, statues, maquettes and more, including a few exclusives for as much as 50% off!

Gentle Giant has released their solicitations this month for exciting new product coming out in the 4th Quarter of 2012. For Star Wars, these include a new Death Trooper Statue and the Jumbo Vintage Red Snaggletooth and Red Security Battle Droid Minibust which were revealed at last month's WonderCon.